Shuttle-brush.



J. H. HALE.

SHUTTLE BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I8, 1914 Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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WVEIVTUR James H. Hale A NORA/E 7 JAMES H. HALE, F COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-EIGHTHS T0 THOMAS J'. FARLEY, THJREE-EIGHTHS T0 SAMUEL T. WHITAKER, AND ONE-FOURTH T0 JAMES M. CRAWFORD, ALL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. as, M9115.

' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shuttle brushes, and its object is to prevent the thread. or filling on the quill from coming off in wads, getting tangled and causing bad cloth, as heretofore. l[ attain this and other objects by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 a side elevation; Fig. 3 a plan showing how the brush material is bent to form a loop end to the brushes, and Fig. 4 a cross section on line Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 is a shuttle; 2 is a quill which carries the filling 8, and is secured inside of the said shuttle 1, in the usual manner.

3, 4 and 5, are brushes made by bending a number of strands of suitable brush mate- 'rial and bunching them together, after which they are secured inside of the said shuttle 1, so they will exert a slight pressure on the top and bottom of the said quill 2, and filling 8, which prevents the said filling 8, from slipping ofl or unwinding in wads.

6 and 7 are brushes which are composed of cotton, felt or other soft material secured in the said shuttle 1, in such a manner that the thread or filling 8, must pass between them as it is paid out, which helps to keep it straight.

lFhe important feature of this invention is the double strands of brush material, which keeps a slight tension on the said filling. 8, and at the same time prevents it from getting tangled in the brush itself. a

Brushes have been tried before, but with thesharp -or loose ends against the filling, but that was not a success, because-the filling would get in between the loose ends of the said brushes and break, but ll overcome this trouble by doubling the strands of brush material which makes them so springy the filling cannot get between the strands.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as my own and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shuttle brush the combination of oneo'r more primary brushes composed of suitable brush material, with each strand doubled to form a loop end, and having the loose ends of the said brush material adapted to be secured to the insideof the shuttle in such a manner as to cause a slight tension on the thread or filling as it is paid out of the said shuttle, with one or more secondary brushes composed of cotton, felt or other softmaterial, and secured in the said shuttle in such a manner that the thread or filling must ass between them as it is paid out of the said shuttle, substantially as shown and described. v

2. Ina shuttle, the combination, with a body having a bobbin chamber and a yarn feeding opening leading therefrom, of a brush formed of a strand of brush material, looped and having the looped portion disposed to contact with yarn being fed from the bobbin chamber.

3. In a shuttle, the combination, with a body having a bobbin chamber and a yarn feeding opening leading therefrom, of a brush formed of strands of brush material, looped and having the looped portions disposed to contact with yarn being fed from the bobbin chamber, and the ends fixed to the shuttle body.

4:. In a shuttle, the combination, with a shuttle body, having a bobbin chamber and a yarn feeding opening leading therefrom, of brushes connected to said body and disposed at substantially opposite sides of the chamber for engaging relatively opposite portions of material on a bobbin in'said chamber,

each of said brushes being formed of strands looped and provided with the looped pora tions extending to position for contacting with the material on the bobbin.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 

